Earn 50,000 sign up bonus Avios (no deadline, but can change at any time)

Earn 2 Avios for every $1 spent on British Airways and British Airway Holidays purchases

Earn 1 Avios for every $1 spent on all other purchases

Get 10% off British Airways flights departing from Canada

Receive a Companion Award Ticket (eVoucher) for a reward flight operated by British Airways after spending $30,000 during a calendar year

The sign up bonus requirements are as follows:

Receive 15,000 Avios upon approval

Receive 25,000 bonus Avios after spending $5,000 in the first two months

Receive 10,000 bonus Avios for renewing after the first year

The downside to the new bonus structure is that you need to pay the annual fee twice to get the full 50,000. However, you do have a lower spending bonus. Oddly enough, this time around, there is no end date on the welcome bonus. Canadian Kilometers estimated a November 30 end date.

Personally, I hope to see this new sign up bonus structure remain the new norm, rather than temporary, especially because I think that it is a win/win scenario in the sense that they will collect 2 years worth of annual fee to cover the higher sign up bonus anyway. What I do hope to see is that if this becomes the new base offer, we will have even better sign up bonus promotions in the future.

Either way, I am just glad to see RBC mixing things up and giving new ideas a try!

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Matthew Lau

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Matthew has been an avid points collector since 1992 (an elementary school student), when his dad signed up for the Air Miles program. Since then, Matthew took a keen interest in learning how the miles and points world works. He quickly found out that there was a lot of value in leveraging miles and points to fund his passion for travelling.

6 comments

AnotherAndre

October 12, 2017 / 12:40 pm

Hi Matthew. Do you now if current holders of the RBC BA card can apply or cancel and reapply for a new one To get the offer ? I was told I could not have 10,000 when I renew my membership which is due at the end of this month. What would be your strategy ?

Lynn

October 12, 2017 / 5:56 pm

Matthew I think it’s also relevant to know that if you spend over 30,000 dollars per year on this card that you receive a companion pass for free. Not sure if this is indefinite, but it sure is an added perk. I know it’s a lot of money on one card….but if you fly BA a lot it sure could be worth it. 🙂

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